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With the development and implementation of the Auto Stacker, Tella Tool increased press speed by 48 percent, resulting in an additional 624 available press-hr./yr. Also, two operators were redeployed to other areas within the company. The improvement yielded a total annual savings of approximately $114,000.
The Productivity Award is sponsored by Zierick Manufac- turing Corp., Mount Kisco, NY, to recognize outstanding achievement by a manufacturing company in the development and implementation of programs, processes and use of assets that lead to significant improvements in productivity.
Excellence in Innovation and Technology—HK Metalcraft Manufacturing Co.
HK Metalcraft Manufacturing Company, Lodi, NJ, received the 2016 Plex Systems Innovation and Technology Award for implementing cloud technology that improved company- wide information sharing and internal communications. As a result, it now gains more information through data with built- in quality checks and live statistical process control (SPC), and enjoys improved operations with more accurate process controls. The company manufactures high-quality precision metal stampings, metal gaskets, spring washers, formed prod- ucts and related assemblies for industries worldwide.
In the 1980s, HK Metalcraft installed a single company- wide enterprise-resource-planning (ERP) system. Nearly three decades later, the company decided to replace its legacy ERP system with a cloud-based solution. Now, HK Metalcraft has serialized container-level inventory, making lot control much more accurate. It also has more finished inventory, less work in process and more detailed process routings.
Additionally, HK Metalcraft now can collect data from its plant floor and check SPC on every product dimension to ensure accuracy. The company looks at the part-cost structure and sees the direct overhead, variable overhead and direct labor. As process routings and rates are tweaked, HK Metalcraft looks at part cost structures to find areas of profit or loss.
More information on downtime also is tracked. The com- pany’s old press system required operators to manually input downtime with reason codes. With no standards around this process, operators would sometimes enter general codes, leading to inaccurate reporting. In implementing the cloud- ERP system, HK Metalcraft now knows what causes each downtime event, and has an audit trail to pinpoint better solutions.
HK Metalcraft continues leveraging cloud technology to build out an Industrial Internet of Things strategy, which includes connected press counters, digital scales, optical inspection systems and shopfloor dashboards to display performance in real time.
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